into to movement: motor systems motor control and motor learning

Question 1

Where does the corticospinal pathway originate?

Answer 1

Areas 4(primary motor) and 6

Question 2

What is the function of the corticobulbar pathway?

Answer 2

Fine motor output to face. Chewing talking facial expression

Question 3

The corticobulbar pathway has primarily bilateral projections except for which 2 areas?

Answer 3

1. Lower face muscles

2. Spinal accessory nerve projections.

Question 4

Name two cortical pathways

Answer 4

1. Corticospinal

2. corticobulbar

Question 5

Name the five subcritical pathways

Answer 5

1Rubrospinal
2Vestibulspinal
3Lateral medullary reticulospinal 
4medial pontine reticulospinal
5tectospinal

Question 6

Where does the rubrospinal pathway get information?

Answer 6

Cerebellum, primary and premotor cortices

Question 7

Where does the rubrosponal pathway project to?

Answer 7

Cervical cord

Question 8

The rubrospinal pathway joins this pathway just below the pond

Answer 8

Corticospinal

Question 9

What is the function of the rubrospinal pathway

Answer 9

Activate flexor motor neurons and inhibit extensor motor neurons

Question 10

Is the Rubrospinal pathway is a medial or lateral pathway?

Answer 10

Lateral

Question 11

What kind of input does the tectospinal pathway receive?

Answer 11

Retinal, visual cortical, somatosensory, and auditory

Question 12

T/F upper motor neuron cell body and axon reside in pns

Answer 12

False. Cns

Question 13

T/f lower motor neuron cell bodies reside in cns and axons in pns

Answer 13

True.

Question 14

_____ is 1 alpha motor neuron and the muscle fibers it innervated

Answer 14

Motor unit

Question 15

As force increases, _____decreases

Answer 15

Precision